📂 Wednesday, February 15, 1995 — Day 19
◀ Criminal Trial
📅 Wednesday, February 15, 1995 32 proceedings 2990 lines
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Day 19 — Wednesday, February 15, 1995

Defense Challenges LAPD Procedures; Rockingham Visit Details Emerge
Judge Lance A. Ito • Criminal Trial • 32 proceedings • 2990 lines
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The court approved FBI EDTA testing of biological evidence while ordering defense access afterward. F. Lee Bailey's aggressive cross-examination of Sergeant Rossi exposed a false crime scene log entry and pressed questions about coroner notification and Rossi's responsibilities; at sidebar, Judge Ito allowed only a very limited area of inquiry after Clark said she did not know whether asserted departmental reevaluation, a chief-ordered investigation, or a coroner objection were facts. Detective Phillips testified in detail about the crime scene walkthrough at Bundy and the early morning 'VIP treatment' notification process at Simpson's Rockingham residence, where detectives observed the white Ford Bronco and Lange observed a brownish-red spot on its driver's door.

  • Judge Ito overrules the prosecution and allows Bailey to continue within a very limited area of inquiry about coroner notification after Clark says she does not know whether asserted LAPD reevaluation or Coroner's Office objections are facts
  • Crime scene log found to falsely record Detective Phillips at Bundy until 10 AM when he was actually at Rockingham
  • Bailey probes Rossi's varying estimates of the shoeprints' distance and later exposes the limits of Rossi's ability to place himself or the prints on a schematic
  • Detective Phillips describes systematic crime scene walkthrough documenting bloody shoeprints, blood droplets, glove, and blood on rear gate
  • Detectives' early morning arrival at Rockingham with Fuhrman scaling wall and opening gate to notify Simpson
  • Detective Lange observes a small brownish-red spot above the Bronco driver's-door handle after an unspecified remark by Fuhrman
  • FBI EDTA testing of biological evidence approved for Monday with post-test defense inspection ordered
Day 19 • 32 proceedings • 2990 lines
Criminal Trial
Department 103
📂 Day 19 — FEB 15, 1995
FEB 15, 1995